Business

Meat seller brings low-cost sales model to Vancouver

June 18, 2013 6:11 p.m.

In 2001, a Utah grocery store meat buyer discovered patrons were willing to buy 40-pound boxes of meat and package it themselves in exchange for a better price. more

PeaceHealth, Regence sign new two-year contract

Agreement ensures Regence members can continue to receive care at hospital

PeaceHealth and Regence have reached an agreement on a new two-year contract.

World looks to Bernanke to clarify stimulus plans

WASHINGTON — Is the era of ultra-low interest rates nearing an end?

EU, U.S. to launch trade talks next month

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — Talks on a sweeping trade deal between the European Union and the United States, the world's two largest trading partners, are to get underway in Washington next month, President Barack Obama and top European Union officials said Monday.

Clark County at Work: Applied Motion Systems Inc.

Applied Motion Systems helps manufacturers improve the performance, reliability and operation of their production equipment. General manager Paul Johnson said his company specializes in upgrading the control and drive systems of machinery that require precise coordination of multiple motors. The company also develops complete specialty machines for niche applications. This often involves introducing new technology to companies big and small across industries such as paper, glass, aerospace, wood products and renewable energy.

Clark County business calendar

A weekly list of business-related classes and events

Clark County building permits

Building permits more than $25,000 issued by Clark County's Department of Community Development.

Liquor licenses

The following have applied to the Washington state Liquor Control Board:

Upgrade eyed for Old Town Battle Ground

City, chamber look to join state's Main Street program

BATTLE GROUND — It may take more than a dash of fresh paint, a flower pot or two and a few park benches to revitalize Old Town Battle Ground.

Talk links the music business, economy

White House chief economist makes case for connection

WASHINGTON -- It is exceedingly rare for a White House chief economist to give a speech on rock 'n' roll. But Alan Krueger did just that at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. His talk there was a terrific window into how the music business explains the forces shaping our economic fortunes.

Weyerhaeuser to buy Longview Timber for $2.65 billion

NEW YORK -- Weyerhaeuser, a U.S. real-estate investment trust that owns timberland, agreed to buy Longview Timber for $2.65 billion including debt from affiliates of Brookfield Asset Management, in the third-largest forestry acquisition in North America.

Expectations grow for Washington's winter wheat crop

Washington's farmers are expected to see a larger winter wheat crop than officials had anticipated earlier this year.

Federal judge who called Microsoft a monopoly dies

Thomas Penfield Jackson, an outspoken federal judge who sent District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry to prison for smoking crack cocaine and declared Microsoft a monopoly that needed to be broken apart, died June 15 at his home in Compton, Md. He was 76. He had cancer, his wife, Pat Jackson, said.

Pacific Seafood lands new facilities after plant fire

Workers at a Pacific Seafood processing plant near Astoria are racing to finish modifications on a borrowed plant following a devastating fire last week.